Hi,
and, finally, there is the newer actual "mutex", described in Documentation/mutex-design.txt, which has simpler semantics and some restrictions that semaphores don't. is this about right so far? <snip> also, it's unfortunate that the semaphore.h files declare binary semaphores using macros that contain the word "mutex" since that just *begs* to be confused with actual mutexes.
Could some one explain me what are the differences between a binary semaphore and an "actual" mutex? What are some of the constraints that asn actual mutex doesn't have? Thanks, Rajat -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
